diff --git a/lib/roken/getcwd.c b/lib/roken/getcwd.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4053bdaa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/roken/getcwd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+RCSID("$Id$");
+#endif
+
+#include <sys/param.h>
+
+char*
+getcwd(char *path, int size)
+{
+    char xxx[MAXPATHLEN];
+    char *ret;
+    ret = getwd(xxx);
+    if(ret)
+	strncpy(path, xxx, size);
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/lib/roken/roken.h b/lib/roken/roken.h
index c9286cb5e..a698363f5 100644
--- a/lib/roken/roken.h
+++ b/lib/roken/roken.h
@@ -47,4 +47,8 @@ int inet_aton(char *cp, struct in_addr *adr);
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(HAVE_GETCWD) || defined(BROKEN_GETCWD)
+char* getcwd(char *path, int size)
+#endif
+
 #endif /*  __ROKEN_H__ */
diff --git a/lib/roken/roken.h.in b/lib/roken/roken.h.in
index c9286cb5e..a698363f5 100644
--- a/lib/roken/roken.h.in
+++ b/lib/roken/roken.h.in
@@ -47,4 +47,8 @@ int inet_aton(char *cp, struct in_addr *adr);
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(HAVE_GETCWD) || defined(BROKEN_GETCWD)
+char* getcwd(char *path, int size)
+#endif
+
 #endif /*  __ROKEN_H__ */